{"id":28924,"date":"2011-12-01T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2011\/12\/usas-ryan-lochte-rebecca-soni-sweep-swimming-world-world-american-swimmers-of-the-year-awards\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T07:21:08","slug":"usas-ryan-lochte-rebecca-soni-sweep-swimming-world-world-american-swimmers-of-the-year-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usas-ryan-lochte-rebecca-soni-sweep-swimming-world-world-american-swimmers-of-the-year-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"USA’s Ryan Lochte, Rebecca Soni Sweep Swimming World World, American Swimmers of the Year Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX, Arizona, December 1. THIS year, Swimming World<\/i> names our 46th and 48th Female and Male World Swimmers of the Year. This institution dates back to 1964 when Don Schollander was named the World Swimmer of the Year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For just the third time since we have been awarding dual annual awards to the best in the world, both winners have defended their titles from the previous year as USA's Ryan Lochte and Rebecca Soni are the 2011 World Swimmers of the Year. The only previous times this has happened were in 1971-72 with Australia's Shane Gould and USA's Mark Spitz, and in 1989-90 with USA's Janet Evans and Mike Barrowman.<\/p>\n

We will have a further breakdown of the voting in tomorrow's reprint of Voice for the Sport<\/i>, which also runs in the December issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In the December issue, Swimming World<\/i> features the longest-running and most prestigious award in the sport of swimming. Beginning in 1964 with Don Schollander being named the World Swimmer of the Year<\/a>, and continuing with the addition of various Regional Swimmers of the Year in 1980, the award system honors the best of the best from each year's feats in the sport.<\/p>\n

Here is how the Top 5 rankings worked out in the World region. We have included first-place votes for the first time as part of our voting structure:<\/p>\n

FEMALE<\/b>
\n1. Rebecca Soni, USA (8)<\/b>
\n2. Federica Pellegrini, ITA (4)
\n3. Missy Franklin, USA (7)
\n4. Rebecca Adlington, GBR
\n5. Ye Shiwen, CHN
\n(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)<\/p>\n

MALE<\/b>
\n1. Ryan Lochte, USA (18)<\/b>
\n2. Sun Yang, CHN (1)
\n3. Michael Phelps, USA
\n4. James Magnussen, AUS
\n5. Alexander Dale Oen, NOR
\n(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)<\/p>\n

Here is how the Top 5 rankings worked out in the American region. We have included first-place votes for the first time as part of our voting structure:<\/p>\n

FEMALE<\/b>
\n1. Rebecca Soni, USA (11)<\/b>
\n2. Missy Franklin, USA (8)
\n3. Elizabeth Beisel, USA
\n4. Dana Vollmer, USA
\n5. Jessica Hardy, USA
\n(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)<\/p>\n

MALE<\/b>
\n1. Ryan Lochte, USA (19)<\/b>
\n2. Michael Phelps, USA
\n3. Cesar Cielo, BRA
\n4. Ryan Cochrane, CAN
\n5. Tyler Clary, USA
\n(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)<\/p>\n

Previous World Swimmers of the Year:<\/b>
\n2010\tRebecca Soni, USA Ryan Lochte, USA
\n2009\tFederica Pellegrini, ITA Michael Phelps, USA
\n2008\tStephanie Rice, AUS Michael Phelps, USA
\n2007\tLaure Manaudou, FRA Michael Phelps, USA
\n2006\tLeisel Jones, AUS\tMichael Phelps, USA
\n2005\tLeisel Jones, AUS Grant Hackett, AUS
\n2004\tYana Klochkova, UKR\tMichael Phelps, USA
\n2003\tHannah Stockbauer, GER\tMichael Phelps, USA
\n2002\tNatalie Coughlin, USA\tIan Thorpe, AUS
\n2001\tInge De Bruijn, NED\tIan Thorpe, AUS
\n2000\tInge De Bruijn, NED\tPieter van den Hoogenband, NED
\n1999\tPenny Heyns, RSA\tIan Thorpe, AUS
\n1998\tJenny Thompson, USA\tIan Thorpe, AUS
\n1997\tClaudia Poll, CRC\tMichael Klim, Aus
\n1996\tPenny Heyns, RSA\tDenis Pankratov, RUS
\n1995\tKristina Egerszegi, HUN\tDenis Pankratov, RUS
\n1994\tSamantha Riley, AUS\tKieren Perkins, AUS
\n1993\tFranziska Van Almsick, GER\tKaroly Guttler, HUN
\n1992\tKristina Egerszegi, HUN\tEgveni Sadovyi, URS
\n1991\tKristina Egerszegi, HUN\tTamas Darnyi, HUN
\n1990\tJanet Evans, USA\tMike Barrowman, USA
\n1989\tJanet Evans, USA\tMike Barrowman, USA
\n1988\tKristin Otto, GDR\tMatt Biondi, USA
\n1987\tJanet Evans, USA\tTamas Darnyi, HUN
\n1986\tKristin Otto, GDR\tMatt Biondi, USA
\n1985\tMary T. Meagher, USA\tMichael Gross, FRG
\n1984\tKristin Otto, GDR\tAlex Baumann, CAN
\n1983\tUte Geweniger, GDR\tRick Carey, USA
\n1982\tPetra Schneider, GDR\tVladimir Salnikov, URS
\n1981\tMary T. Meagher, USA\tAlex Baumann, CAN
\n1980\tPetra Schneider, GDR\tRowdy Gaines, USA
\n1979\tCynthia Woodhead, USA\tVladimir Salnikov, URS
\n1978\tTracy Caulkins, USA\tJesse Vassallo, USA
\n1977\tUlrike Tauber, GDR\tBrian Goodell, USA
\n1976\tKornelia Ender, GDR\tJohn Naber, USA
\n1975\tKornelia Ender, GDR\tTim Shaw, USA
\n1974\tUlrike Tauber, GDR\tTim Shaw, USA
\n1973\tKornelia Ender, GDR\tRick DeMont, USA
\n1972\tShane Gould, AUS\tMark Spitz, USA
\n1971\tShane Gould, AUS\tMark Spitz, USA
\n1970\tAlice Jones, USA\tGary Hall, USA
\n1969\tDebbie Meyer, USA\tGary Hall, USA
\n1968\tDebbie Meyer, USA\tCharles Hickcox, USA
\n1967\tDebbie Meyer, USA\tMark Spitz, USA
\n1966\tClaudia Kolb, USA\tMike Burton, USA
\n1965\tN\/A\tDick Roth, USA
\n1964\tN\/A\tDon Schollander, USA<\/p>\n